Miriam Gómez-Morán is a Spanish pianist, fortepianist and harpsichordist.
Alan Walker, author of the 3-volume prize-winning biography of Liszt, has said of her: "I was deeply impressed with her Liszt recital. Her performance of the "Weinen, Klagen" Variations was a tour de force, while her interpretation of the formidable "Vallée d'Obermann" was the best that I have ever heard. It was not just a matter of technique, which she possesses in abundance. One was aware that a true artist presided at the keyboard".
Born in Madrid in 1974, Miriam Gómez-Morán started studying piano at the age of eleven at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid. Her teachers were Carmen Deleito and Manuel Carra. She attended the harmony classes of José Luis Turina and José María Benavente. During that period she received frequent advice from Josep Colom. She earned her degree ("Profesor Superior de Piano") in 1994.
From 1992 to 1996 she pursued postgraduate studies in Budapest at the Liszt Academy of Music under the guidance of Ferenc Rados. Other teachers were: Kornél Zempléni, Károly Botvay and Zsolt Serei.
She then went back to Spain and taught for two years at the Music School in Villacañas (Toledo), before going to Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) to study historical keyboard instruments at the Hochschule with Robert Hill and Michael Behringer, where she graduated with the highest marks possible for harpsichord and fortepiano performance ("Musiklehrer", 2000; "Künstlerische Ausbildung", 2002). During this period, Miriam also received piano lessons from Tibor Szász and advice on harpsichord playing from Vital Julian Frey.
She has won many prizes at several national and international competitions: "Marisa Montiel", "Ciutat de Carlet", "Ciudad de Segovia", "Gregorio Baudot" (El Ferrol), "Patronato l'Arjau", "Concurso Internacional de Música de Cámara de Guadamora", "Mendelssohn Wettbewerb" (Berlin), etc. Her chamber music partners at some of these competitions were Josep Colomé (violin) and María Rubio (horn).
Since November 2000 she is a Piano Professor at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Salamanca, Spain's leading music-pedagogical institution. She also teaches masterclasses and is the author of several articles on music.
Miriam Gómez-Morán performs and records extensively both as soloist and in chamber music ensembles in Europe and North America. Her permanent chamber music partners are Javier Bonet (horn) and Patrín García-Barredo (piano). She is regularly invited to perform in festivals such as "The Great Romantics", "The Liszt Festival" (American Liszt Society), "Edinburgh Festival Fringe","Festival de Otoño" (Madrid), "Tavaszi Hangversenyek" (Budapest), "Grandes Autores e Intérpretes de la Música" (Madrid), etc. Her CDs have been released by VERSO and ARSIS, among other labels.
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Alan Walker, author of the 3-volume prize-winning biography of Liszt, has said of her: "I was deeply impressed with her Liszt recital. Her performance of the "Weinen, Klagen" Variations was a tour de force, while her interpretation of the formidable "Vallée d'Obermann" was the best that I have ever heard. It was not just a matter of technique, which she possesses in abundance. One was aware that a true artist presided at...
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